Booted

This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning, upon reading the review.

Book Evaluation:
Plot: 🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️
World Building:🌎🌎🌎🌎
Cover:📔📔📔📔📔
Hero: 🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻
Heroine:🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️
Intimacy Level: 🔥🔥🔥🔥.5
Relationship Building: 💒💒💒💒💒
Heart & Feels:💞💞💞💞💞
Witty/Banter/Reaction of Laughter: 😂😂😂😂
Page Turner Level:📖📖📖📖📖
Ending:🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧
Overall View: ✨✨✨✨.5


First Impressions
Booted is the finale in the "Trails of Sin" trilogy and I have been having a blast with this series and this family especially. I love seeing this style of westerns and need more westerns that are edgier like this. Pam Godwin always does such a delightful job with her stories and "Booted" was no different here. Pam Godwin is such a personal favorite author of mine and I always love how she captivates so easily and draws the reader in so effectively on a deep emotional level. This always has a interracial romance implemented which I really had a blast with.

First Line
The silence in the master suite makes my blood run colder than the air blasting from the floor vent.

The Main Protagonists
The Hero: Lorne
Ex Convict, Alpha Male, Dominant, Tortured over his past

The Heroine: Raina
Native American heritage, sex worker, spiritual nature.

Summary
Booted is a story that begins with Lorne and Raina. Raina had been rescued by Jarret and Maybe from his father who was abusing her and had her chained in his home. She is now recovering, when the lost soul of their group "Lorne" returns home after years in prison. Lorne is determined to get revenge over everything he has suffered and lost and having to be in prison and being so betrayed by those that harmed his sister and forced him to have prison time. He and Raina come together as they both have goals to destroy their one final enemy who caused so much harm to their family. There is a deep connection that forms between Raina and Lorne, they both are damaged souls who find solace and healing with each other as they journey to finding peace for those they love...

What I Loved
Booted was such a brilliant story that just captivated me from the start. I absolutely adored this tale and Pam Godwin really endeared me to it so quickly. I found that this book is the most inspiring out of any I have read from this author. It has such writing that is almost lyrical and has a spiritual like theme to it which I respected. You don't need to be religious to appreciate what the author was trying to convey. I also became so endeared to the focus of the Native American beliefs being so well portrayed. And the way in which we see how the hero and heroine interact with each other. They both have different struggles. There are such poignant moments that build between Lorne and Raina. Lorne is determined to show Raina what sexual intimacy can be like. All she has known is selling her body and mostly for a good reason, to help her sister who had a dangerous disease and treatments were very costly. But she has never experienced a true climax with a man. Then we have Lorne, who has his inner demons and nightmares of prison life at such a young age. And how Raina is able to help him find peace. Lorne and Raina are so perfect for each other, in how they balance one another out.

The plot of the story and the series really gets finalized in this book. We have especially seen the actions taken by Jake and Jarret's dad and how his greed has destroyed so many lives. We get some plot reveals that hadn't been revealed in the previous books and there is definitely a great amount of suspense that is placed in the story and that ENDING .....whew for a minute there my heart was breaking. But everything end with a beautiful finale and our couples finding justice, peace and true happiness as they all deserve.

What I Struggled With
There wasn't much I struggled with on this, a little bit with the heroine at times but she had great character growth.

Overall View
I found Booted to be a spicy but emotionally provoking read that delivered on plenty of heart and redemption that fit just right and completed this beautiful world in such a satisfying way.

Favorite Quote(s)
“I’m not an affectionate man, but—” “You are.” She stares at my throat, eyes wide and unblinking. “That’s the problem. When you touch me, it comes from a soulful place inside you. A place of thought and compassion and connection.”

He’s a courageous man in his essence, who loves as passionately as he fights.


“You’re my whiskey.” He takes my mouth, groaning into the kiss. “My addiction.” His tongue traces mine. “My freedom.”

He smashed my heart against my ribs to make room for his. Now we beat side by side, stretching and growing together in the shared space.

Book Details (also in my shelves)
Sub Genre: Contemporary Romance, Dark Romance
Character Types: Ex Convict, Cowboy, Native American Descent, Abused, Alpha Male
Themes: All the Feels, Small Town, BDSM-Light, Hot Smexy Times, Interracial Love, Western
Tropes: Forced Proximity, Sex Worker with a Heart of Gold

Book Perspective
DUO Pov

Relationship Conflict vs Plot Conflict
A blend of both

Song This Book Inspires
Tennessee Whiskey-Chris Stapleton

Recommendation For Reading Order
Yes!

Steam/Spice Explanations

Steamin' up the room -the sexual content is more explicit in the language and tone, heavier amount of sexual scenes.

I was so curious what was going to happen with Lorne released from prison and I knew there was more to the story with Raina. This had suspense but not too much, there was definitely a relationship and growth and healing at the center which I appreciated. I wanted more from the epilogue as these aren’t technically standalones I thought I’d get more closure or POVs from the previous characters so that was a little bit of a bummer. Knotted (#1) still remains the most gut wrenching and emotional

This series as a whole is SO GOOD. I am so glad I gave it a go. The boys in this book are... whew, sexy cowboys. There are dark themes throughout, so mind the trigger warnings. But if you like cowboys and dark romance, Pam Godwin nailed it with these.

Pretty good even though I’m not into “wester” books